The unnecessary use of antibiotics in animals is a key culprit in the rise of drug-resistant bacteria. But the FDA has failed to restrict use of the vast majority of antibiotics in the meat industry. Before the March 6th comment deadline, urge the FDA

It is estimated that 80% of all antimicrobials sold in the United States are consumed by farm animals, mostly for non-therapeutic purposes to speed their growth and compensate for overcrowded, unsanitary, and stressful conditions on industrial factory

Recently, research has linked abuse of antibiotics in US livestock to resistant infections in humans. Hogworkers have a higher incidence of these infections, lending further credence to the link between "superbugs" and our overdrugged feedlot animals.

Earlier this summer, the Food and Drug Administration issued a draft document calling for an end to the common practice of pumping farm animals full of unnecessary antibiotics. This month, the FDA has, for the first time, revealed the true extent of

Because this is the first time the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine has produced such a count, it is not possible to say whether the numbers are going up or down. But the agency is now requiring meat producers to report on antibiotic use ...

Despite potentially serious threats to human health, roughly 70 percent of antimicrobials in the U.S. are used by the animal agriculture industry. Recognizing that antibiotic use on farm animals has become necessary to maintain the cruel and unnatural co

The FDA issued recommendations on reducing the misuse and overuse of antibiotics in food animal production. While HHIF considers this a small step toward addressing this important issue, the FDA needs to do more.

Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration issued a draft document(pdf) calling for an end to the common practice of pumping farm animals full of unnecessary antibiotics. USA Today quoted Joshua Sharfstein, the FDA's principal deputy

Urge your members of Congress to pass the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) and help end the overuse of medically important antibiotics for farm animals who are not even sick.

Championed for over 10 years by the late Senator Edward Kennedy, the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA), H.R. 1549/S. 619, is a federal bill that would phase out the common practice of constantly feeding antibiotics to food

As we celebrate Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, which raises awareness about antibiotic resistance and the importance of proper antibiotic use in humans, we should keep in mind that every day antibiotics are inappropriately fed to food animals that

It turns out they're making more than just broilers and bacon on your local factory farm; they're growing germs that are resistant to antibiotics. And don't think your commitment to organics or vegetarianism will save you: Your exposure to these

Farmers are producing super bugs. There is abundant evidence that the routine use of antibiotics in farm animals produces bacteria which can attack humans and are resistant to many antibiotics. The American Medical Association and organizations like

As factory farms have crammed more and more animals into tighter and tighter spaces, modern pharmaceuticals have become regular tools of the trade. By lacing animal feed with sub-therapeutic levels of antibiotics, producers are able to suppress disease

Resistance to antibiotics is a public health crisis on the rise. These crucial drugs should only be used when necessary but 70 percent of antibiotics used in the United States are given to healthy chickens, pigs and cattle to increase weight gain or to